I’m Goin to Gourdland II

So I finally got to see my guy, Dr. Something Middle Eastern, and his office is down where you’d expect a fuck up from Vanderbilt’s to be - i.e. the basement.  You’re more than six feet under the ground in an effort to make sure you stay above it, it’s a bit of psychological mind fuck to say the [...]

I’m Goin to Gourdland

While I was driving to NashVegas for my gourd appointment with Dr. Brain today, I noticed what everyone else may have noticed but never commented upon in literary form.  Once you hit the Tennessee state line, there is at least one Waffle House per exit.  Some exits have both a Waffle House and a Cracker Barrel.  [...]

Security Theater

The title of this post is a phrase that was coined by author Bruce Schneier in his 2003 book Beyond Fear, and it pertains to ”ostensible security measures which have little real influence on security whilst being publicly visible and designed to demonstrate to the lesser-informed that countermeasures have been considered.”  This term has often been used to describe the efforts [...]

Mickey Mouse Banking & Trust: Part 2

This is the second part of the story of three people who went to Disney World in an effort to keep one four year old happy…
So, the first day we went to main Mickeyville.  We walked around the joint, played a few “not so scary so children won’t fear the mouse-type games” and that seems to [...]